Davide Cefis

Davide Cefis is Director of Signium Italy in the Rome office since 2015.

His areas of expertise are the development and management of Life Science industry projects.

Today he is Senior Advisor of Community Group – leading consultancy firm specialized in corporate and financial communication.From 2014 he is Honorary Representative in Rome of the American Chamber of Commerce in Italy.

From 2006 until 2015 he was Partner of Eric Salmon & Partners, where he conducted several researches for managerial positions in pharmaceutical, media, industrial and banking sectors. From 2001 until 2006 he was Head of Communications and External Relations at Banca Nazionale del Lavoro Group (BNP Paribas today). From 2006 until 2001 he worked within the EMEA organization of Microsoft Corporation as the Head of Government Affairs for Southern Europe, managing and coordinating the American IT Company’s public affairs in Italy, Spain, Portugal and Greece.

He began his career in the communication area as Senior Manager and Partner for Italian and international leading corporate and financial communications consultancy firms including Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, Saatchi & Saatchi, Barabino & Partners.

Davide Cefis holds a degree in Modern Literature and Philosophy from the University of Milan.He speaks fluent Italian and English.